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The Adult Who Notices
I’ve sat through enough Ofsted-ready presentations to know that the official handbook on how form tutors support pupils is essentially a work of high-concept fiction....
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Practising the Bit You Are Bad at
I remember sitting in a windowless training suite back in 2014, nodding politely while a consultant in a slim-fit suit explained exactly how deliberate practice...
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The Adult Who Notices
I’ve sat through enough Ofsted-ready presentations to know that the official handbook on how form tutors support pupils is essentially a work of high-concept fiction....
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Practising the Bit You Are Bad at
I remember sitting in a windowless training suite back in 2014, nodding politely while a consultant in a slim-fit suit explained exactly how deliberate practice...
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Teaching Outside Your Specialism
I remember sitting in a windowless departmental meeting ten years ago, staring at a glossy, twenty-page “Curriculum Implementation Guide” that promised a revolutionary way to...
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The Complete Guide to Leading a Department
If you pick up any “complete guide to leading a department” from a major educational publisher, you’ll likely find a glossy, step-by-step manual on “strategic...
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Notes You Will Actually Use Again
I remember sitting in a training seminar back in 2014, watching a consultant with a pristine iPad demonstrate “revolutionary” digital annotation techniques...
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The Complete Guide to Homework
I remember sitting in a departmental meeting back in 2014, staring at a glossy, twenty-page document promising a “transformative” new homework policy...
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Diagnosing Why a Reader Is Stuck
I was sitting in a middle leadership meeting three years ago, staring at a glossy, twenty-page PDF about a “revolutionary multi-sensory literacy...
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Wellbeing Is Workload, Not Yoga
I was sitting in a CPD session three years ago—just before I went part-time—listening to a consultant explain how wellbeing is supported...
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Play-based Learning Is Not Unstructured
I spent twenty minutes yesterday reading a glossy, high-budget brochure about “holistic developmental frameworks” that seemed to suggest children learn best when...
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Task Switching Has a Real Cost
I remember sitting in a departmental meeting back in 2014, listening to a consultant in a sharp suit explain how we could...
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The Complete Guide to De-escalation
I remember sitting in a staff meeting three years ago, staring at a glossy, twenty-page PowerPoint titled “The Definitive Framework for Behavioural...
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Having the Conversation Early
I remember sitting in a windowless meeting room in 2014, staring at a laminated “Conflict Resolution Framework” that had cost the Trust...
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You Learn What You Pay Attention to
I’ve spent the last two decades watching “engagement experts” descend on staffrooms with shiny new apps and colourful interactive boards, all promising...
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The Drop After Year Seven Starts
I’ve sat through enough CPD sessions to know the drill: some consultant in a slim-fit suit standing in front of a shiny...
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